Italian Horror Maestros GOBLIN To Embark On U.S. Mini-Tour

June 24, 2013

The fiendish minds behind the Housecore Horror Film Festival — legendary metal frontman Philip Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell — have announced that Italian horror maestros GOBLIN will perform at the event with original member Massimo Morante on guitar, bringing the three main men of GOBLIN together. They will be joined by Italians Bruno Previtali on bass guitar and Titta Tani on drums. The five musicians are considered to be the entire, most complete line-up of modern-day GOBLIN.

Anselmo and Mitchell made the announcement of GOBLIN's appearance at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival this past April. It was announced then that GOBLIN would live-score the entire screening of Italian master of horror Dario Argento's 1977 classic "Suspiria" for the first and only time in North America.

Just over two weeks ago, Anselmo and Mitchell announced a second appearance by GOBLIN at the Housecore Horror Film Festival where they will play, in concert, many of their classic musical scores from such films as "Dawn Of The Dead", "Tenebre", "Deep Red", and more. Today, the band has announced a mini-U.S. tour of this same set that will take place in October with the culmination ending up in Austin at Housecore Horror.

GOBLIN keyboardist Maurizio Guarini credits Anselmo and Mitchell for helping to bring the band to the United States for Housecore and for the tour of the U.S. "This is an important event," he says. "I'm perfectly aware that everything started thanks to you. There are fans all over U.S. that have been waiting for us for decades, and now that the news has spread and people start realizing that we are coming to the Housecore Horror Film Festival."

Mitchell is excited to help usher in one of the most important bands, not only in horror films, but also in music, period. "When we announced GOBLIN's appearance in April, I was inundated with e-mails from fans across the world thanking us for bringing them to the United States. I am ecstatic that Housecore has been the impetus for GOBLIN to be able to come the United States for a real tour. And to cap it off at Housecore Horror Film Festival with, not only GOBLIN in concert, plus GOBLIN live-scoring 'Suspiria' for the first time in all of North America is simply mind-blowing."

Anselmo, currently on tour in Europe with his band DOWN, previously stated of GOBLIN: "There are few bands more technically adept at creating an actual atmosphere of tension, occult speculation, or delicate knife-twisting suspense than GOBLIN. Their use of sonic keyboards and electronic soundscapes is beyond unique.

"All hail the mighty Masters of The Macabre timbres!" he added.

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